The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development and New York City Housing Development Corp.have kicked off the city's Green Housing Preservation Program, the goal of which is to assist owners of small- to mid-sized multifamily properties in the city in making energy-efficiency and water conservation improvements.

A partnership between L+M Development Partners and Bell Urban, the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, the Housing Development Corporation and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and its partners, have announced the debut of the Crown Heights Brooklyn mixed-use project, Utica Place.